Animus

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@Demon GraveOh sorry, forgot about that part when I was typing. You can be a mercenary if you find clients but note that just cause you're doing a job for say a Salamander, it doesn't mean all Salamander's won't treat you as an enemy. Risky business if you ask me.

@RyuzakiArkan and Mizu are both accepted!

@JasonheroI see that you're going for a powerful character and I'm cool with that. Dragon's are also tameable in canon. The problem is the size even with the reduced measurements... Unless you can give me a solid backstory as to why Agni possesses such a powerful and large creature (it would be sad if it was weak at that size) or resize it to something more acceptable like a horse, I will be rejecting that part. Otherwise, Caith Sith would essentially become the most broken race in the game with everyone riding gigantic creatures.

@Damiann47Accepted... if you change one part. Regarding Proficient in One Handed, you have to specify what weapon type. Otherwise this mastery would be way too general and thus overpowered. If you're wondering about levels, going by the exp curve implied in the first novel of SAO, then a month of grinding solely on smithing mastery could get you up to a high level 30+ whereas balancing it out with other skills would get you around 20+.

@BytheSpleenI like her a lot, accepted!

You may all post your accepted chars into the CS bucket for easy future reference.

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@Demon Grave
Well the RP will begin with a month time skip so all our character's should have already started specializing in whatever they wanted to. What you've been doing this month, I'll leave it up to you. As for all the stats and what not, there isn't really a need to be too specific but it's allowed. I personally do not want this to turn into the mayhem some roleplays based on stats experience.

I understand this turns some people off because they like specifics hence I'm allowing you guys to give X levels to your masteries and these will in turn be used as benchmarks.

Also I guess I didn't mention this one so it's my fault, stronger sword skills and magic will unlock through use of lower level ones.

Anime & Manga Recommendations

<Snipped quote by Animus>

*Lion eats*

*cough*

@Crimson Raven

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@Demon Grave
It seems you haven't seen the show or read the books. Though knowledge of those isn't really necessary.

Regarding stats, stuff like AGI and whatnot can only be altered by racial stats + equipment. You don't get to level up and add them. However, masteries will exist, and these are trained through repetition and use. Have you ever played Runescape or read novels like Moonlight Sculptor? Sorta like that.

Player skill here is more important. If you've played Counterstrike, then you understand having a better gun or armour gives you a huge edge but you can still die to that guy with the pistol.

Anime & Manga Recommendations

Wow, is it weird that I
A. Have met most of you in RPs
B. Have seen most of the Animes mentioned so far?

@Crimson Raven

Well the type of roleplays most anime watchers like to participate tend to follow a certain trend. Also, give Nobunaga Concerto a try~

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Still looking for more players~!

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@Izaka Sazaka I'll leave that up to you, as I've said before, anyone can help with ze world building <3. Oh but try to keep it within the game's theme of Norse mythology.

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Both of Izaka's characters are accepted. Valeria is freaking huge though, imagine if she was a Gnome and her build was further enlarged.

Btw, as I mentioned in the IntChk, the current affairs of the world hasn't yet been determined. Does anyone have any suggestions of how things should be? Otherwise I will be taking the route of the fanfic in which the Salamanders killed the Faction Leader of the Imps granting them control over their zones.

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Alfheim Online: Fairy Dance of Death

Players who had been scattered across the world of Alfheim Online had all been abruptly teleported to Arun, the neutral city located at the base of the world tree; Yggdrasil. 20,000 players found themselves confined within the central plaza. However, before any commotion actually began, the setting sun seemed to freeze in place in the west horizon, framed between two of the mountains that straddled Butterflies Valley leading towards Sylvan land. The hue of both the sun and sky shifted rapidly towards a deep orange-red, throwing a crimson cast across the players. The air, thick with the fears of the assembled players, began to distort and a crack in space formed. From within appeared a vague humanoid form that was over a hundred meters tall.

Beta testers that were present recognized the robbed hoods the figure donned signified a GM or perhaps it was more accurate to say that the robes of a GM appeared but noone seemed to be wearing them. Although it was draped around a gigantic humanoid form, it was a form unseen and without substance: the depths of the hood were nothing but the blackest of nights. The words the figure - later revealed to be Kayaba Akihito - spoke would forever change the lives of every assembled player.

"Understand this: Alfheim Online is no longer a game. Players may no longer respawn in their home city when they die and the only means of resurrecting a player's Remain Light is through the use of rare items or high level healing magic. If your HP drops to zero and your Remain Light disapears, the Nerve Gear will destroy your brain thus ending your life forever, in this world as well as the real world."

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One month later...

Ironically, the first month of Alheim Online was rather uneventful. Although there were a considerable amount of deaths within the first week due to the ensuing panic and confusion, it ceased when the beta testers took control. Although the exact number beta testers who made it to launch were unknown, it was rumoured to be slightly under a thousand. Through sharing their information and guidance, players had begun to settle down in the digital world known as Alfheim. Regions close to the safezones were littered with players. By looking for each other, there were virtually no chances of death against the beginning mobs such as «Slime» or «Giant Rat». Though there were those who outright refused to leave the towns, they still had the blessings of being able to work on their crafting so they could generate yurudo (currency) for their living expenses such as satiating their digital hunger or paying for an inn. As such, the towns were bustling with activity.

All this was possible because of the unspoken peace treaty between the nine races. The beta testers who had revealed themselves made it known that any attempt on PKing would result in a huge negative backlash on the perpetrators. This combined with travelling between borders being frowned upon allowed the game to remain relatively PK free despite Kayaba's intentions.

However, things were reaching a turning point. An announcement had spread throughout the world notifying players that the first faction leader elections were about to begin. Faction Leaders would function similarly to guild leaders, except for the entire race; in addition they would possess additional powers over the laws and foreign relations for a given race such as the ability to formally create an «Alliance» or declare «War». The announcement also contained an alarming piece of information that the beta testers had tried to keep from spreading; should a Leader ever be killed, his or her race's territory will become the territory of the race that slayed them for a month.

Information
+Current player base: 17,768.
+Faction Leader elections have begun.
+Travelling across borders is frowned upon.

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@Izaka Sazaka@GrandzHelios@Eklispe@Taro@Jasonhero@Damiann47

I'll get the first IC post up tomorrow so everyone knows where the story stands.